Big World, Small Country

Introduction Timeline of the 20th Century 1. The 20th Century World: An Overview An overview of the 20th Century 2. New Zealand @1900: 'For King and Country' Britain, America, The Pacific and Australia 3. Race Relations in New Zealand to World War Two Government Policies ' Maori Leadership: inside, outside or alongside the Pakeha system? ' The colonization experience in Australia and America 4. World War One, 1914-1918 Background ' The Wester Front forms ' The Gallipoli Campaign ' The Western Front ' The Middle East Campaign ' 'Home Front' ' Remembering the war 5. Socialism versus Capitalism New Zealand workers' revolution? 6. The Russian Revolution, 1900-1939 Background ' Revolution ' The Bolsheviks in power ' The rise and rule of Stalin 7. From World War One to World War Two Treaty of Versailles and its aftermath ' The Great Depression and the rise of aggressor nations 8. World War Two, 1939-1945 War in Western Europe ' New Zealand's War, overseas and at home ' War in Eastern Europe ' War in Asia and the Pacific 9. The Rise of Nazi Germany From Autocracy to Democracy: Weimar Germany ' The Nazis: gaining and keeping control ' The Holocaust 10. Israel-Palestine Background ' Zionism ' Creation of the State of Israel ' War and Israeli occupation ' Palestinian response 11. The Islamic World Background ' Islam in the 20th Century: 'secular nationalism' or the umma? ' Islam and the West 12. The Post-World War Two World: Decolonisation; the Pacific; Race Relations in New Zealand Decolonisation: Case study, India ' Rise of consumerism ' Rise of the teenager ' New Zealand and its music ' New Zealand, the Commonwealth and the United Nations ' The Pacific: Case study, Tonga ' Immigration and its issues ' New Zealand and Asia ' Maori and the search for mana motuhake ' Waitangi Tribunal 13. Cold War A new world order ' Crises in Berlin ' Western military alliances, ANZUS and SEATO ' The death of Stalin: 'socialism with a human face' ' The Korean War, New Zealand's role ' Communists everywhere! McCarthyism in America ' The Cuban Missile Crisis ' Detente: the Cold War thaws, briefly ' Momentous changes: perestroika, glasnost and the end of the Cold War ' New Zealand and the Cold War ' Vietnam War ' Nuclear issues 14. China: From and Manchus to Mao and Beyond New Zealand and China ' Background: China's troubles ' The rise of Mao Zedong ' The war against Japan, and the communist revolution ' The problem of being in power: revolutionary campaigns ' The death of Mao and a new era: Deng Xiaoping 15. Changes: Discrimination, the Role of Women and Economics The struggle for civil rights in the US ' Influence of the Cold War and African decolonisation ' The struggle for civil rights in South Africa ' South Africa and America: the struggle compared ' New Zealand's sporting contact with South Africa ' The changing role of women in New Zealand ' Economic changes in New Zealand Bibliography Acknowledgements Index